Andy Burnham has been in Ukraine, where Kyiv said it will allow the UK access to its intriguingly-named “Avengers AI Labs” - something the govt calls a “goldmine of battlefield data”.
Meanwhile, Cleveland Police has arrested nine men and three women - aged between 19 and 61 - as part of the investigation into the deadly A66 crash.
The collision in the early hours of Saturday left two police officers and five people in another vehicle dead.
Over in the states, Donald Trump is arguably providing more evidence that the war in Iran has not gone as well as he might have hoped.
The US has announced a wave of sanctions on Iran it says will be an "economic D-Day" for the country.
Some troubling figures have emerged in the UK after a government review found care leavers are estimated to be dying at three to four times the rate of other young people their age.
Finally - have we reached "peak" Britishness? A row over whether it is OK to jump the queue at the top of Wales' highest mountain has got many people thinking we have.
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